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Some Interviews on Personal Matters
Some Interviews on Personal Matters
A pioneering feminist film from Soviet Georgia about a journalist torn between work and family.
Man Follows Birds
Man Follows Birds
Ali Khamraev’s dreamlike recreation of the life of a medieval Uzbek poet.
Autumn Sun
Autumn Sun
A village woman struggles against her family and neighbours in this portrait of Armenian resilience.
The Battle of Kherzhenets
The Battle of Kherzhenets
The legend of “Russia’s Atlantis” is accompanied by the stirring music of Rimsky-Korsakov.
Getting to Know the Big, Wide World
Getting to Know the Big, Wide World
A love triangle blooms on a construction site in Muratova’s entrancing workplace drama.
Happy-Go-Lucky
Happy-Go-Lucky
A rural couple’s journey across Russia offers up a cross-section of Soviet society in this comedy.
Hedgehog in the Fog
Hedgehog in the Fog
Beloved animated classic that moves from the familiar to the unnerving and sublime.
The Heron and the Crane
The Heron and the Crane
Stop-motion treasure from Yuri Norstein about the lure of attraction and rejection.
The Long Farewell
The Long Farewell
Muratova’s classic about a woman on the edge of a nervous breakdown.
Mother Got Married
Mother Got Married
This moving portrait of family aspirations follows a single mother learning to love again.
Office Romance
Office Romance
A shy statistical bureau employee falls in love with his formidable female boss.
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson: Acquaintance
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson: Acquaintance
An unlikely friendship forms between super-sleuth Sherlock and decent-minded Watson.
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson: The Bloody Inscription
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson: The Bloody Inscription
Holmes and Watson face a new challenge: two murders linked by a macabre message.
Tale of Tales
Tale of Tales
An undisputed classic of animated film, an entrancing exploration of memory and loss.
There Once Was a Singing Blackbird
There Once Was a Singing Blackbird
A young musician struggles to hold his life together in this celebrated Georgian dramedy.
Twenty Days Without War
Twenty Days Without War
A war correspondent on leave confronts his demons in Aleksei German’s sophomore film.
White Sun of the Desert
White Sun of the Desert
A classic Red Western in which a soldier is charged with safeguarding a harem.
The Wishing Tree
The Wishing Tree
A tragic and richly-woven love story set in pre-revolutionary Georgia from Tengiz Abuladze.